Registering device.



I'.v M. DE PUY.

BBGISTERING DEVICE APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 2, 1912.

1,064,620. Patented Juvne 10,1913.

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IRA M. DE PUY, 0F HCKENSACK, NEW JERSEY.

REGISTERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 191,3.

Application led August 2 19,12. Serial N'o. 712,960.

To all whom, 'it may collec-rn.'

Be it known that I, IRA M. DE PUY, ,a citizen of the United States, residing at Hackensack, yin the county of Bergen and State` of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Devices, of which' the following is 'a specification.

- v This invention relates Ato certain new and .with vfriction between passengers and-conductors arising from a question' as t0 whether 4fares had been previously paid, as Well as cutting out disputes between the conductora` and the company as to the correct number of fares, an`d betweenfinspectors and conductors, for as in' thepresent system now in use the inspectors tell the conductors to ring up plural fares, and sometimes the inspectors get the number wrong and often times the conductor cannot vnd the number of plural fares. *Laim also to eliminate ...the expense of inspectors 'now usuallyem- ,-plOyed4 and also to keep an accurate record' -of each zone through which the car passes,

when the invention is applied to a car or other moving means of conveyance.

By my present invention I am by simple, convenient and effective means enabled to determine the exact number of persons in the conveyance or apartment at any particular time 'or times as well as the total numberfof fares or fees that have been col-1 lected.

Other objects and advantages of the inventionv .will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in thel appended claims.

The objects hereinbefore outlined, as well Aas those generally sought in devices of this character are accomplished by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the numeralsoffreference thereon, forni a part of this specification and in Figure l is a 'plan'viewof tiherear or en-4 .trance platform of a car provided with my bolt.

device. Fig, 2 is a plan view of the front or exit platform of a car provided with my de-..x

vice, Fig. 3 is an elevation of the door. parts being broken aivav. Fig. l is an elevation of the platform of a car provided with my device, Fig. 5 is a viewof my device from within tlievcar, Fig. Gis a view in section of the upper pivot, socket andiegistering device, Fig. 7 is a plan view of the upper socket member, Fig. S is a view of the dog landA ratchet, Fig. 9 is a plan vview of the door and pivot, Fig. l0 isa-plan view of the lower 'socket member, Fig. ll is a view in section of the lower'- hinge member, Fig. 12,' is a View ofV a section of the door and detaining F ig.` 13 is a view of the locking inember. Figs. 14 to 29 show face views ofthe entrance and exit registers at the Vbeginning and end of different zo'nesloltroutes 0r poi"- tions ofroutes, the designations thereoir 'clearly explaining the dilierent views.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.v Y 4 While the invention as hereinafter disclosed is designed particularly for use upon car and like conveyances for automatically .registering the fares and. recording the number of passengers entering and departing from the car or other vehicle of conveyance and is so illust-rated in the present instance, it is evident that the invention is clearly valuable for other uses' and in places where it is desired to register oi' record the number of persons entering and leaving.

In the forms of miv-aseyou-enter or registering cars noiv in use, the ringing up or registering of the fares is done by an employee (and often incorrectly and inaccurately done), but in mv improved device the number is registered automatically b v the passenger himself. In many of the car Vroutes fares are`charged for each of several sectionsoi" divisions of tlie'route, or Zones and my device is also designed to accomplish the registering of plu'ralfares thus charged;

In my improved device the number of persons entering and leaving is registered or recorded on separate registering devices so that the number of persons in a car at lany point on the route may be ascertained y bvv subtracting the total number of persons who haveileft. the car as registered-on the exitregister from the number who have entered as registered on the entrance register, thus at .the commencement of each section the number of persons who have enthe number of exits in leach zone or section. At the beginning of each Zone the exit register, the lower portion, is turned to Zero which automatically changes the middle third or portion tothe numberot' t-lie new zone. Atthe end of each zone the number of plural fares to be collected at the beginning of the new zone is determined bysubtracting the number of exits in the lower third of exit register troni-the number ot fares in the lower third ot' the entrance'register. Then the conductor entersI the car, collecting andringing up the fares. l

lThe mode of operation and advantages of my device will be readily understood from the foregoing description'especially when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

It will be seen that l have means, authene tic in its nature, which will positively show the employees how long the passengers may have ridden between the stations. The com pany 'fixes the distance by having fare limits. As no person can enter the car withoutV registering, the eiitrance'clock will' show how many fares must be collected inthe first zone or portion or section of the route.

This same number of fares must be collected.

in t-he second zone, less the number which the exit register shows, had departed, plus ,those shown on the entran e register which tively at the beginning of the first Zone.

' .sengers in the car at the end of the firstzoney Fig. 16 shows the entrance register at theendof the first z`one.4 It shows that 12S 'passengers have entehed the car since it first started for which the :onductor should have collected 128 fares which at tive cents apiece would amount to $6.40. F ig. 17 shows theV exit register at the end of the rst zone,

showing that 1 9v passengers have let't thecar. This leaves 109 of' the passengers still remaining in the car attlie beginning ofv the second Zone. Fig. 18 shows the entrance register at thebeginning of the second Zone showing at the bottom the number ot pasand at the top this number plus the number of passengers that entered during the pas- Y sage of' the car through 'the first Zone, 109

pliis'128. Fig. 19 shows the exit register at the beginning of the second zone,the number,

who'left the carduring the first zone, ,namely 19, being shown at the top and the bottoni showing zero. Suppose during this trip, that 'is through the second zone, 12

passengers lett the car.' XVe have this num-A ber indicated at thebottom of the register' in4 F ig. 21 and this number plus the' uuml ber (19) who lett the car at the end of the. first' Zone31 in'all, shown at the top of.- ythis register. During this passage ,of the car' through the secondl zone Se passengers entered. There is at the` bottom of the register shown in Fig. 20 .193 being the number, 109 in the car* when itreached ,theendof the rst zoneplus the Setwho entered during the second "Zone, and' at; the topof-thefreg-i ister in said F ig.v 20 there is^21being237 shown in the top of Fig. 18 plus the'Set: ywfliof I entered the car duriiigvitstrip through "the second zone.

ln Fig. 23 there is shown at the topof` the register 231i that being thenurnber. who havc left the car during the irst'aiid second Zone, the lower part ofthe registerfshowing 'zero In Figf22 there is at theupper/part' ot' the register 502 plus 181 the numberre f mainiiigl at the end of the second zone, while at the bottom there is shown 181 beingthe number 193 shown. atthe bottom in Fig. 2O i'ninus 12 who left the car during the passage through the secoiidzone. vThis shows 1053 fares that should have been collectedduring the second zone, which at five cents vp'er fare would amount to 559.65'. Then the car reaches the end ot the third zone 75 passengers haveleft the car as indicated at the bottom oit' the registerin Fig. 25, the number 10G at the top ofisuch register showing the number that had previously left, namely '31, plus the number who left during the third zone.` In 2% there is at the top being the number shown at the top of Fig. plus30 who entered the car during' the third zone.- At the bottom Ain Fig. 2 4

there is the number 211 which is the number in the car at the beginning of the third zone,

namely 181, plus those who entered malt-ing 211 fares which should have been collected Iwhich vatv tive centsl per Ifare amounts; to

551.0.;15. In Fig. 26 there is showniat the top GGS which is the numb-er found atl the top of Fig. -2st, namely 532, plus 136, the` number of'passengers-Qll in the car dur-.

ing itspassage through thethiid z oneininus the number-+75 who left during tfhe passage o t' the car through such zone. Fig; 2T shows at the top the number 106 being a total of the number of passengers who left the car during its trip through vthe rst. second and third zones, namely 31 plusl T5. Fig. 2S shows the entrance register at theend ol' the fourth zone during which time 10 people entered the car` the register showing at the top 07S, being thenuinher (SGS .shown at the top ot` ,the register in Fig. 20 plus the 10 who entere-dthe lcar during its trip over the fourth zone. At the bottom `ot thc Vregister in this gure willbcfound the number 11G, which is that at the bottom of 130 F ig. 2G plus the 10 Whoentered the'c'ar during its passage through 'the fourth zone; In Fig. 29 it will be found at the bottom thenuinber- 1416,! the same beingthe number of people who left the our 'at thev end' of the fourth'zone which We will assume .to be. Ithe -end of the route.' This corresponds with",

the number 146 avt 'the bottom ot"l the register shown |injFig. QS'uhil'e at the top of Fig. 29

will be. found the number 252 being t'he number 10G shown at the top of Fig. 27' plus f the number Hot the-passengers Who leftthe cui at the end of the fourth zone. lThe `fare amounts to $7.30.

numbers of the fares to be collectedy'then' during the passage ot' the car through -the fourth zoneV is 146 which at five` cents' pery 1We have then $6.40 collected for farest during the first Zone;

$9.65 'for the second zone; 5510.55 for the third zone Vyand $7.30 foi-the fourth zone,'

during euch, Zone, automatically registering ing devices operatively ,connected therewitn p, to register thelentry of the'passengers,durf

ing the passage of the ourA through-each Zone und the ytotal ,number of pzisseng'erse'ntering thefczn" during any number ot Zones, and an independent turnstileand 'trip andtotai reg-1 istering mechanism operable thereby tovre'gister the number of persons leziyingV the lvduring its passage through" each zone and the ytotal number of exits 'during'the pasg sage-of the'car throughv amultiplilcity'o zones'. n f 'y V.

2.,'The ymethod of registering @airfares which consists in autonmticelly registering the numberv of passengers entering cur the number of .exits from, the car 'infeuch zone, registering, the number'ofpassengers inthe cur during its passagethrou-gh euch' `zone, registering the `number of exits Ain each zone, and. they totali number of exits in @multiplicity of zones.' f' in testimony 'whereof hereunto .ltx'my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.

' RA ivi. DE PUY.' 'YVitnessesz Louis1 "WL Srnxrrnn, FRANCES v Soi-nmirz.'` 

